Jessica Yetto, LPC

Jessica Yetto is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 25 years of experience working in mental health. She earned a Master of Arts in Counseling in 2004 and has spent much of her recent career supporting people with significant psychiatric diagnoses in challenging environments.

For the past seven years she has worked inside a jail setting, where her responsibilities have included suicide ideation evaluation, intake assessments, and crisis intervention. In that role she collaborates with corrections staff to improve understanding of individuals with mental health needs and provides counseling to officers when they encounter completed suicides. Prior work includes service in transitional housing for people with serious mental health conditions, roles as a mobile therapist and behavioral specialist consultant, and supervision of a family support program.

Because of the correctional environment, she often uses a solution-focused approach that emphasizes practical coping skills for the situation at hand. She also draws on evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness techniques to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, bipolar disorder, and other mood and personality-related concerns. Jessica regularly coordinates care with medical providers, including a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP) and physician assistant (PA), to address medication and physical health considerations alongside psychotherapy.

Her clinical interests encompass a broad range of challenges - from stress, grief, and relationship difficulties to eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, anger, and family issues - as well as additional focus areas such as personality-related concerns, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and substance use. While much of her recent practice has been within the jail system, she has expressed interest in expanding into community settings to work with a more diverse population and to offer a wider range of therapeutic interventions.